Like Varan, Solia uses few articles and relies on declension of nouns to be effective. To form the plural of any noun, add the termination -ne before the ending. Thus, talonesta (from inside the houses). When pluralizing groups of people the suffix -nai/ai is used.

Case

Suffix

English preposition

example

translation

Nominative

–

–

talo

house

Genitive

-n

of

talon

of (a/the) house

accusative

– or -n

–

talo or talon

house

partitive

-(t)a

–

taloa

house (objective)

inessive

-ssa

in

talossa

in (a) house

elative

-sta

from (inside)

talosta

from (a) house

illative

-an, -en

into

taloon

into (a) house

adessive

-lla

at, on

talolla

at (a) house

ablative

-lta

from

talolta

from (a) house

allative

-lle

to

talolle

to (a) house

essive

-na

as (temporary state)

talona

as a house

translative

-ksi

becoming (change of state)

taloksi

becoming a house

instructive

-(i)n

with the aid of

taloin

with the aid of (a) house

abbessive

-tta

without

talotta

without (a) house

comitative

ne

together with

taloineni

with (a) house

Solian pronouns

Nominative

To form the pronoun adjectives, simply replace the central theme vowel with a front vowel. Mene becomes méne, senä:sénä, etc.

Relative

which, who, that: oka / otka

what: mika / mitka

Interrogative

Kuka (people), mikä (things)

Uses for the infinitive

To form the verbal infinitive, add ta, la, na, or sta to the root. Example: ithna. The helper infinitive does not need to be conjugated.